title: Hypertensive crisis: pathophysiology, treatment and handling of complications.
abstract: Hypertensive crisis is a potentially life-threatening complication of nearly all forms of hypertension. Vascular damage causing end-organ failure and direct complications such as intracerebral hemorrhage determine the outcome of hypertensive crisis. In the case of apparent end-organ damage immediate and effective lowering of blood pressure is necessary. In addition to drugs used traditionally in hypertensive crisis, a number of alternative antihypertensives such as urapidil or enalaprilat have been recently introduced for treatment of hypertensive crisis.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik Marienhospital, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Herne, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tepel
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zidek
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents